{"id":315488,"date":"2021-02-02T11:24:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T11:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/?page_id=315488"},"modified":"2024-04-14T11:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:47:35","slug":"marcus-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/marcus-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marcus Palmer is a skateboarder from Birmingham who’s sponsored by Emerica. He’s got a rad style, rips street and ramps and can seamlessly skate both at super speed with original style and he has great Hardflips. He came to our last Beyond Skateboarding jam and put down some of the heaviest tricks of the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He’s one of the most standout skaters in Birmingham who always finds the right words to capture a moment and a place to put himself on and off his board, so we had to ask him to join The No Comply Network. <\/b><\/p>\n

Now Marcus is a member, we had a long chat about how he got rolling in the first place, going to Ideal Birmingham, Bob Sanderson, shredding Ideal Mini Ramp, witnessing Grant Taylor, hanging with Kris Vile, Neil Bailey and Jamie Hewitt, the story behind his gnarly Hardflip down the five flat five double set, learning regular Ghetto Birds, Stevie Williams, Hardflips, Blind’s What If video, skating for Spreadeagle Skateboards, his 13 Foot high Front Rock, Bournbrook DIY, getting on Emerica and Karma Skateboards, skating in Scotland, Livi, filming with Callun Loomes, shooting with Chris Johnson and Rob Whiston, his favourite skaters, videos, spots and photos and more.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Read the Marcus Palmer interview to find it all out for yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marcus, Nosegrind, Fastlands<\/strong>: @whistonphoto<\/a><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your full name?<\/h1>\n

Marcus Elliot Palmer<\/p>\n

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Where did you first go skate?<\/h1>\n

The first time I skated I was 7-8 years old. I was playing Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 2.<\/p>\n

I first picked up a board but I didn\u2019t know what I was doing. I took it down the local grove and rode down the hill twice and fell off.<\/p>\n

My mom was screwing, she was like ‘ah no you\u2019ve ripped all your trousers!? You can\u2019t be out doing this!’.<\/p>\n

Then she wouldn\u2019t let me go out and do it.<\/p>\n

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Because you ripped up your clothes?<\/h1>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

Then when I was 11, I was living in Aston and it was there that I found some skaters doing Ollies and I was like wow! That\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

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How did you learn to Ollie man?<\/h1>\n

Just trying to figure it out. I watched a whole lot of skate DVDs.<\/p>\n

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How tos?<\/h1>\n

Yeah, trick tips videos. Yeah I remember Eric Koston and Tony Hawk were in it.<\/p>\n

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